Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Obama calls Republican budget plan a “stinkburger” or “meanwich”

What a wordsmith...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.
- President Obama compared the Republican budget plan to a
“stinkburger” or “meanwich” during a speech here Wednesday, using a
series of zingers in an attempt to strike a contrast with the GOP on
economic issues in an election year.
In a speech to an enthusiastic crowd of 1,400 at the University of
Michigan, Obama repeatedly mocked Republican ideas about how to improve
the economy, as he touted his own proposal to raise the minimum wage.
Obama, who visited the local Zingerman’s deli before the speech, said
that Republican proposals to cut taxes for wealthier Americans and
federal investments in education, as well as replace his federal
health-care program, would harm the economy.
The GOP has proposed the same ideas so many times, Obama said, “It’s
like that movie ‘Groundhog Day,’ except it’s not funny. If they tried
to sell this sandwich at Zingerman’s, they’d have to call it the
stinkburger or the meanwich.”